Where does “orella” come from?

orella (Galician) comes from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

orella (Galician): ear; Galician sweet fritters typically consumed...

Definitions

  1. ear; Galician sweet fritters typically consumed...

Ancestry of “orella”, step by step

orella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin auricula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinauriculaThe external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...
2Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
3Proto-Italic*auzisear

via Old Portuguese orelha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseorelha—
2LatinoriculaAlternative spelling of auricula

Words derived from “orella”

Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis →Every word from Latin auris →Every word from Latin auricula →